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GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2013 by Guinness World Records
epub |eng | 2012-09-12 | Author:Guinness World Records

FACT: This 1934 photo (inset above) is the most famous image of “nessie”. its authenticity remains a matter for debate. First stigmatic The term “stigmatic” refers to a person who ...
( Category: Almanacs & Yearbooks April 19,2020 )
US. History 101 by Kathleen Sears
epub |eng | | Author:Kathleen Sears [Sears, Kathleen]

ANDREW CARNEGIE While John Rockefeller Sr. and his family retained a reputation for brutally crushing labor opposition, Andrew Carnegie is traditionally portrayed as the epitome of a “good capitalist.” Carnegie ...
( Category: Americas March 27,2020 )
VERMONT’S HAUNTS Tall Tales & True from the Green Mountains by Joseph A. Citro
mobi |eng | 2011-06-12 | Author:Joseph A. Citro [Citro, Joseph A.]

"I have enjoyed the distinction and have prized dearly the compliment of being a conspicuous citizen." —Clarence Adams In those days Vermont had no state police force. Crime fighting—what there ...
( Category: Trivia & Fun Facts March 26,2020 )
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into New York by Bathroom Readers' Institute
epub |eng | | Author:Bathroom Readers' Institute [Bathroom Readers’ Institute]

Most common cockroach found in NYC: the German cockroach. SPACE TOURISTS These days, reports of strange lights and happenings in Pine Bush have declined, and some locals worry that they’re ...
( Category: Trivia March 26,2020 )
Holotropic Breathwork by Stanislav Grof
mobi |eng | 2010-09-09 | Author:Stanislav Grof [Grof, Stanislav]

3. Conducting follow-up interviews Ideally, Holotropic Breathwork sessions would be combined with follow-up interviews on a one-to-one basis. This is mandatory when this method is used in the treatment of ...
( Category: Mental Health March 25,2020 )
Big Book of the Cosmos for Kids by Speedy Publishing
epub |eng | | Author:Speedy Publishing

( Category: Photography & Video March 25,2020 )
Natural Experiments of History by Unknown
epub |eng | 2010-03-14 | Author:Unknown

5 Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa’s Slave Trades NATHAN NUNN Africa’s history is intimately connected with slavery. The continent has experienced four large slave trades, ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics March 25,2020 )
A People's History of the Peculiar by Nick Belardes
epub |eng | 2014-03-13 | Author:Nick Belardes

NOT AS BAD AS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SWORD SWALLOWER As for craziness onstage, del Rio said she has shared the stage with dogs that jump through hoops of fire, ...
( Category: Trivia March 23,2020 )
Lost Civilizations: The Secret Histories and Suppressed Technologies of the Ancients by Jim Willis
epub |eng | 2019-03-21 | Author:Jim Willis

One theory about how Easter Island became denuded of trees was that an infestation of Polynesian rats accidentally brought there by the islanders ate all the tree seedlings, destroying the ...
( Category: Communication & Media Studies March 22,2020 )
America the Ingenious by Kevin Baker
epub |eng | 2016-09-15 | Author:Kevin Baker

Building Backward Steel-Frame Construction Chicago’s New York Life Building, the first true skyscraper, and today a four-star hotel. They began to rise out of the prairie by Lake Michigan: buildings ...
( Category: History of Technology March 22,2020 )
How to Become an Intellectual by Nick Kolakowski
epub |eng | 2012-07-15 | Author:Nick Kolakowski [Kolakowski, Nick]

THE INEVITABLE FOOTNOTE When it comes to culinary literature, ignore those tell-alls where a famous chef devotes hundreds of pages to shredding his or her restaurant rivals. These narratives prove ...
( Category: Self-Help & Psychology March 21,2020 )
Weird-o-Pedia by Alex Palmer
epub |eng | 2017-03-20 | Author:Alex Palmer

Dogs were domesticated from gray wolves over a 15,000-year period. The Wire Fox Terrier breed has won “Best in Show” at the Westminster Show 13 times, making it the highest-winning ...
( Category: Trivia March 21,2020 )
Tricks in the City by Sassafras Lowrey
epub |eng | 2019-07-06 | Author:Sassafras Lowrey [Lowrey, Sassafras]

21 Hold 21. Hold When you train hold, start with a toy like Glinda a.k.a. TDCH SDCH Medlee’s Ruby Slippers. Photo credit: Diana Squicciarini The point of this trick is ...
( Category: Mammals March 21,2020 )
London's Strangest by Iain Spragg
epub |eng | 2015-02-19 | Author:Iain Spragg

WINSTON’S FINAL FAREWELL 1965 It was in 2002 that the BBC’s 100 Greatest Britons programme anointed Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill as the nation’s most cherished, most significant and most influential figure ...
( Category: Trivia & Fun Facts March 20,2020 )
Stand Up and Garden by Mary Moss-Sprague
epub |eng | 2012-03-18 | Author:Mary Moss-Sprague

Laying Out Your Drip System You may do whatever you please in laying out your garden, choosing exactly where you set your containers, trellises, raised beds, etc. Having said that, ...
( Category: Urban March 19,2020 )

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